What plants and animals live in land, water, forests
and air? How do they manage to stay alive? How do they interact with one
another and other organisms around them? What changes will they undergo
after sometime in this changing world? How do they cope with their
physical environment?

Ecology is the branch of science that attempts to
answer such questions raised by people. The German biologist who coined
the term ecology in 1866 was Ernst Haeckel. It came from to Greek words:
oikos meaning "house or place to live", and logos meaning
"study of". Literally then, "ecology" is the study of organisms in their
home. In more formal terms, ecology is the study of structure and function
of nature or the study of the relationships among living organisms and of
the totality of physical and biological factors making up their
environment.

Ecologists call a self-sustaining collection of
living organisms and non-living organisms together with their environment
as an ecological system or ecosystem. Ecosystem is a term
introduced by English botanist, A. G. Tansley in 1935.

As human beings, we are part of this ecosystem
and we benefit largely from it. It is therefore our responsibility to take
part in protecting and cultivating the beauty of our Mother Earth. We are
inviting you to explore this site to help you understand more the wonders
of our environment and at the same time know the needs for sustaining its
life.

Believe one who knows :
you will find something greater in woods than in books. Trees and stones
will find something greater in woods than in books. Trees and stones will
teach you that which you can never learn from masters .